Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Ambrose, Tom Parker doesn't specify in his write up if it's his opinion or average of TNs from all participants. I especially wait for Neal Martin's TNs as in my opinion he's been kind of harsh on 2018 vintage generally. Also, TNs from Lisa Perrotti-Brown should be interesting. An American palate am...

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I tasted around 500 wines from the 2018 vintage in February to March 2021 at my home in Copenhagen. Here are my two cents. I'm afraid I have to disagree with the MW guy from Farr Vintners on Pauillac. Lynch Bages is a superb wine, but Lafite, Mouton and Comtesse are better in my honest opinion in te...

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Jim, 2019 Burgundy is becoming utterly expensive. I just heard from an importer of wine fra Arnoux Lachaux that 2019 is 100% up compared to 2018, meaning that Premier Crus from him will cost more than super seconds from Bordeaux. Another producer, Perrot Minot, increased prices by 50% already from t...

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Jim,

I've neither tasted R.Segla 2019 from the barrel nor from the bottle.

There are so many excellent 2019s. Corbin?

I'll soon start to ask chateaux in Bx to send me bottles from 2019 for tasting.

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JIm,

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The wines I've mentioned are the only ones I tasted. No bottled R. Segla 2019.

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To make it easier for readers who would like to have an overview of a single vintage, I put my TNs from November 2021 marked by violet colour in each chapter, meaning 2020 barrel samples, 2019 barrel/bottle and 2018 in the bottle. In each of these three, TNs are at the bottom of the report. :D :ugeek:

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Ian,

One night this time at Ibis Euratlantique opposite Bordeaux train station. I get an upgrade on my booked room there because I have stayed at this hotel for the last 7-8 years. 7 minutes to the centre of Bx with tramway and so easy to catch a bus to the airport.

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Danny, I've done it for years. It's not difficult to schedule the visits for 3 people or 4. The problems occur when one of the group starts asking chateau owner om everything between heaven and earth, delaying tasting and delaying others. I always try to be in the given area and choose chateaux clos...

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dstgolf, Yes, Alex looked good. I arranged 99.999999% of all the visits, so he only had to come from Bordeaux and participate in visits. You can only imagine how hard it is to make a visiting schedule, move visits around according to necessary changes and ask proprietors to prepare tastings. My frie...

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DavidG,

For ageing, I believe. They give it a try to see how it works. It's perfect for ageing Cabernet Franc, I hear.

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JoelD, I think 2018 is better than 2015 in terms of creamier fruit, better tannins and more precision. This vintage is so homogenous over the whole Bordeaux and even in satellite communes, the wines are just stunning. I don't buy verdicts from other wine critics (among them some famous ones) that it...

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Ian, Three outstanding vintages like three children with different colour of hair, temper and looks. Yes! Christian Moueix is correct, but I'd maybe add 1988-1989-1990. JoelD, I chose the chronological way of writing about visits/wines to make everything easy and manageable to read. I believe my pho...

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JoelD,

A mix of 2019 and 2018!

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Dear members of BWE, If you have time and a lot of patience, please visit my website. I've just published my report from almost two weeks stay in Bordeaux. It's very, very long and richly illustrated. I wanted to include everything, be unbiased, honest and give a lot of information. I visited places...

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Major thread drift.

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Niclasss, I wonder what's the point of not writing about wines from Pomerol tasted and already having 13 comments and then starting a new thread about the same topic. I don't want to be rude, but it's irritating not to directly come to the main issue. I hate when posters create 2-3 threads about the...

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Musigny151,

Tasted 1990 Montrose four times, last time in December 2016. Phenomenal wine. Slightly bretty on two occasions but it quickly disappeared.

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Jim and PghMike Tasted 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 and 2001 at the property in November this year. 2019 is superb Montrose but I believe 2020 will edge it, 2017 and 2016 are excellent and 2001 is a bit different from the younger vintages but still a splendid one. There was a change of the owner in 2006. ...

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I was refused to taste Moueix wines in November this year (2019 vintage), and they didn't want to send me bottles for tasting to Copenhagen. Apparently, Edouard Mouiex dislikes me, and I don't know for what? So I'm sorry, no TNs on Trotanoy 2019. I tasted 2019 VCC, and it's an extremely fascinating ...

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Some more picks.....

The first picture is Olivier Techer, winemaker at Gombaude Guillot, an under radar property in Pomerol, which represents great value for money.

The next two pictures are about one of BWW 's favourite wines.

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This young woman is Josephine Duffau-Lagarrosse, who took over Beausejour Duffau Lagarrosse in June this year. She's a granddaughter of the previous owner, doctor Duffau-Lagarrosse. She's a serious backing of a huge cosmetic company, Clarins. So now, Clarins are neighbours to Chanel (Canon). Alex an...

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An appetizer and a continuation of my fascination with women winemakers

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Why don't you order directly from Berry Brothers and Ruud or a bookshop in Bordeaux, https://www.mollat.com/???

Sotheby's?????

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It's not that I complain about having very little on the plate. I lacked a lot of flavours and tastes in the dishes. The choice of wine menu was ridiculous. For the dessert, it was a special wine, called 5+, a blend of Lafaurie Peyraguey, Sigalas Rabaud, Rabaud Promis, La Tour Blanche and Rayne Vign...

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Thanks, Alex, for your comments. Actually, it was a pre-birthday dinner as I'll turn the 75-year clock on the 28th December. Änne and Olivier Bernard did a fantastic job organizing this event, and I thank them for life. It was an unforgettable experience! I brought Piper Heidsieck Rare 2008 champagn...

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This dinner destroyed my desire to visit other Michelin star restaurants in Bordeaux this November.¨ Here is my review of it for tripadvisor.com¨ ¨ I had lunch at this restaurant 2.5 years ago, and the dishes were stunning. In November 2021, while visiting Bordeaux 30+ times, I dined with my friends...

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Ian, 1985 hasn't ever impressed me, three times on different occasions and somewhat dull performance. Even the one tasted at Ch. Margaux wasn't to be impressed about. Paul Pontallier had arrived at Ch. Margaux in 1983 and became managing director in 1990. Imho, 1985 Mouton R. is the best wine of the...

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Malbec is grown mainly on the Right Bank, but it's planted sparingly in Margaux commune. I tasted this wine from Montagne-St-Emilion - 2018 Tour Bayard L'Angelot - 100% Malbec. It's not often one comes across a whole "house" of this grape variety. It's atypical. Plenty of spicy raspberries...

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Jim,

I'll taste it in two weeks time at the property.

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Musigny 151,

At some properties, yes, at some no, kind of lottery.

I was refused to visit and taste bottled vintages at Jean-Pierre Moueix and Ausone during my stay in November. I will mostly miss not being able to taste Trotanoy.

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After two years of absence, I'm finally coming back to Bordeaux. 12 days in paradise! Even for a wine writer travelling to Bordeaux for 37 years, it's not easy to make appointments. I can say that FGs have been extremely kind to me constantly, especially occasionally sending samples during Covid and...

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Musigny 151,

Gilman must have travelled to Cos later than 2010 for tasting 2010.

I have few bottles of 2005, 2008 and one bottle of 2016, all purchased en primeur. 65 Euros for 2008, 130 Euros for 2005 and 260 Euros for 2016. Neither of these vintages I did taste from the bottle.

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Yes, they changed the style to more modern.

2020 is fabulous and 2019 is close behind.

1982 LB hit all the buttons. Old style....who cares....it was heavenly stuff.

Btw, it seems that I get some votes from here at tastingbook.com. I occupy 39th place for the moment

Thanks, guys.

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Very interesting!

I had a couple of 1990s 5 years ago - https://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com ... 732#p56732

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The TNs from Latour vertical are here! :D :ugeek: Champagne: Salon Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil 2004 was very mineral with quite pronounced acidity. Notes of green apples and lemongrass, still very young on the palate. It tastes a bit light at the moment but will probably be better in 10 years. 93+p. K...

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JoelD,

A few.

Scores will come later.

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Thanks for the comments, Ian.

The bottle of 1982 Latour wasn't as perfect as the one tasted in 2006. Mouton 1982 I did taste last time in 1994.

I've one bottle in my cellar of Lynch Bages 1982. Purchased en primeur for a tremendous sum of 16 Euros!!

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I tasted several vintages of Chateau Latour yesterday at the restaurant Salon in the centre of Copenhagen, which in several flights were tasted together with other properties in the same vintages. We started with two champagnes, Salon 2004 and Krug 2008. Here, Krug had blown Salon away with a bang. ...

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Antoine, Do you have Jane Ansons "Inside Bordeaux" from the same publisher (BBR)? A fabulous book about big and small properties, easy to read, excellent maps and plenty of information. It's a much better book than Jaspers. I actually go to Bordeaux in one month's time and yes I will taste...

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